Links at the article don't make clear that the Accused were declared innocent by the NC State Attorney General. Just links to a 2006 article on the rape charge being dropped and Nifong's plans to pursue Kidnapping and other felony charges!!
I have friends who have heard Reade Seligmann speak about his experience before, in a similar setting. He is candid, completely honest, and appears to want to focus on how our justice system can be improved to ensure fairness for those who do not have the resources he had.....to retain counsel, etc. A class guy and a fine future lawyer
Attended the event with a friend who had also read UPI. We met Reade in the elevator on the way to the theatre where the talk was taking place. We enjoyed talking to him. He is an impressive guy in his second year at Emory Law School here in Atlanta. The Georgia Innocence Project sponsored the event. There were three men at the event who had been freed through the efforts of the Georgia Innocence Project. One of these men, Clarence Harrison, introduced Reade. It was clear that he and Reade are not strangers. Reade clearly differentiated between the lacrosse players’ situation and that of the men who had been incarcerated. He then gave a personal account of the events that took place. It was incredibly interesting. We had to leave just as he finished speaking so I don’t know if there were any questions from the audience. My friend commented as we were leaving on the injustice of Nifong’s not being in jail.
Links at the article don't make clear that the Accused were declared innocent by the NC State Attorney General.
ReplyDeleteJust links to a 2006 article on the rape charge being dropped and Nifong's plans to pursue Kidnapping and other felony charges!!
I have friends who have heard Reade Seligmann speak about his experience before, in a similar setting. He is candid, completely honest, and appears to want to focus on how our justice system can be improved to ensure fairness for those who do not have the resources he had.....to retain counsel, etc. A class guy and a fine future lawyer
ReplyDeleteCool. If anyone attends and can report this would be very interesting. I wonder what his plans are for his law career?
ReplyDeleteWill it get posted?
ReplyDeleteAny reaction from the 20th talk?
ReplyDeleteHow was the talk?
ReplyDeleteAttended the event with a friend who had also read UPI. We met Reade in the elevator on the way to the theatre where the talk was taking place. We enjoyed talking to him. He is an impressive guy in his second year at Emory Law School here in Atlanta. The Georgia Innocence Project sponsored the event. There were three men at the event who had been freed through the efforts of the Georgia Innocence Project. One of these men, Clarence Harrison, introduced Reade. It was clear that he and Reade are not strangers.
ReplyDeleteReade clearly differentiated between the lacrosse players’ situation and that of the men who had been incarcerated. He then gave a personal account of the events that took place. It was incredibly interesting. We had to leave just as he finished speaking so I don’t know if there were any questions from the audience.
My friend commented as we were leaving on the injustice of Nifong’s not being in jail.
To ANON, 3/25/12 10:53 PM
ReplyDeleteThanks for the brief summary!